Full Impact Pro (FIP) took over the Orpheum at Ybor City Friday night leaving shattered alliances, chairs, bottles, and faces in it’s wake. This was one “bloody” good night of wrestling book-ended with an ode to the fallen rebel, Rowdy Piper, and a perfect feud between two young insurrectionists, Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley. FIP […]
Category: Live Events
LIVE EVENTS: What to Do…When Things Go Wrong
John Cena broken nose aside, it’s rare that television viewers see the bumps, bruises and blood of professional wrestling events. For televised larger events, select editing plus camera work combines to almost remove said injury from the equation. Decent kayfabe ensures the fourth wall stays that way, in tandem. For smaller, televised contests, there’s simply […]
LIVE EVENTS: Group Hypnosis – The Live Wrestling Experience
Maybe I’m weird, or old, or both, but I actually remember enjoying seeing a movie at a movie theater simply because I loved the crowd. The movie was somehow better because of the way we all reacted or didn’t react to the different characters, story lines, climaxes, let downs etc. I remember truly believing that […]
LIVE EVENTS: Shine 28 – A Night of Surprises
During the worst weather possible, rain, hail, lightning and flooding, Shine 28 delivered an array of surprises, smack downs and celebrations in YBor City, Florida at the Orpheum Theater. Three and a half hours later I was left tired and grateful to be witness to some of the oddest and most creative wrestling I’ve seen […]
LIVE EVENTS: Fan etiquette – The perfect prescription?
At a recent (and terrific!) Evolve show in Ybor City, I heard a couple of very enthusiastic fans behind huricanrana and I self-justify their very loud chants to “make the [WWN] pay per view seem interesting.” Those guys definitely have a point, as – having watched many a taped show filmed at a small venue […]
LIVE EVENTS: Evolve 45 – Awestruck
Evolve 45 came rolling into little Ybor City, Florida last night at the crumbling but loveable Orpheum theater. I can summarize the experience simply: awestruck. The talent level on the Evolve roster is incredible. This is like having Ring of Honor in my backyard. If you want some more effusive praise read below: 1. FIP […]
LIVE EVENTS: Why the best live sports…are staged live sports
As a child, I used to gaze with awe at the environs of the majestic Madison Square Garden. Everything there was special: the ushers, who I envied (they got to see EVERY game!), the food, the drink (somehow it smelled and tasted better based on location), and – of course – the passionate, ‘all-in’ fans around me (still […]
LIVE EVENTS: An Ode to the Older, Live Performer
I’ve spent many a televised wrestling show wondering why legendary wrestlers (Kurt Angle, Saraya Knight, Mark Henry, Christopher Daniels, to name a few) seemingly on a downhill athletic slope are thrust into match after match. A pragmatist would reason there a slew of mid card and/or up and comers that could better take said legendary […]
LIVE EVENTS: Shine Wrestling 27 – A Female Fan’s Take
This is my first time actually writing anything other than a comment on a Wrestling blog. I don’t normally do this; because honestly I don’t really think I have all that much to say that anyone wants to hear. This isn’t me being humble, I’m just more of a listener than an opinion giver. But […]
LIVE EVENTS: Full Impact Pro – Declaration of Independence
I had the very good fortune to be able to attend this event on July 3rd in Ybor City; thanks to the very friendly people at the WWN Live website. My husband had tried to order a gift for me and after the item was out of stock the web manager gave us free tickets […]
WRESTLING IN FLORIDA: An Insider Look at Professional Wrestling 